Following its highly successful launch last year, the Mining Magazine Congress has announced plans for 2010 which will see this unique event moving down under to Perth, Western Australia.

The inaugural show in 2009 was staged in Niagara, Canada and for the first time ever for an event of this kind, combined the whole mining process from drill and blast through to processing. It attracted hundreds of delegates from around the world.

Announcing this year's event, Mining Magazine editor, Paul Moore, said plans were to stay with the Congress's winning formula of a high level conference combined with a focussed exhibition but to take it to the other side of the world on November 10 and 11, 2010. The Congress, which will include exhibition space for 60 stands, consists of four main themes – Drilling and Blasting; Loading and Hauling; Crushing and Conveying and Processing. In addition, the 2010 Mining Magazine Awards will also be presented during the event.